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Five more companies get listed on BSE SME

Five more companies get listed on BSE…

Mumbai, Apr 14 (KNN) Five additional small and medium enterprises (SMEs) were listed on the BSE SME platform on April-13 taking the total number of listed…

Govt launches e-market platform connecting 21 mandis from 8 states

Govt launches e-market platform connecting 21 mandis…

New Delhi, Apr 14 (KNN) To facilitate online trading of identified agricultural commodities which will fetch the right price for farmers, an e-market platform…

Tamil Nadu MSMEs prepare wish list for soon-to-be elected govt

Tamil Nadu MSMEs prepare wish list for…

Chennai, Apr 14 (KNN) Several Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Tamil Nadu are preparing a wish list which they would like to present to the…

India & Bangladesh to continue cooperation in the field of fisheries

India & Bangladesh to continue cooperation in…

New Delhi, Apr 14 (KNN) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between…

Textiles Min gives a leg up to SC weavers, artisans & entrepreneurs

Textiles Min gives a leg up to…

New Delhi, Apr 14 (KNN) With a view to improving the conditions of weavers, artisans and others from the traditional textile industry, the Ministry of Textiles…

Government commences investigation into steel dumping by six countries

Government commences investigation into steel dumping by…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) With a view to protect the Indian steel industry from dumping, the Government has started anti-dumping investigations of dumping…

Jewellers strike went on for 6 weeks due to negative publicity by some associations, says industry

Jewellers strike went on for 6 weeks…

New Delhi/ Mumbai, Apr 13 (KNN) Jewellery shops in India have reopened after remaining shut for 6 weeks. The striking jewellers not only lost on new business…

Mamata Banerjee to interact with people on Facebook tonight

Mamata Banerjee to interact with people on…

Kolkata, Apr 13 (KNN) Ahead of the voting for the third phase of West Bengal assembly elections on April 17, state chief minister will interact with the…

UK's exit from EU could cause severe regional and global damage: Nicolas Sarkozy

UK's exit from EU could cause severe…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) The UK's exit from the European Union (EU) could cause severe regional and global damage. The so-called "Brexit" would…

Special Focus on welfare of SC beneficiaries in the textiles sector

Special Focus on welfare of SC beneficiaries…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) The Ministry of Textiles proposes to give fresh impetus to measures for the welfare and development of weavers, artisans, jute workers,…

International Water Convention to be held from April 20-22

International Water Convention to be held from…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) With a view to identifying the challenges in ensuring adequate quantities of acceptable quality of water and seeking possible solutions,…

Labour intensive MSMEs upset over amendments proposed in the Contract Labour Central Rules

Labour intensive MSMEs upset over amendments proposed…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) Some of the amendments proposed in the Contract Labour Central Rules are detrimental for the MSME sector and can lead to closure…

Unemployment rate higher in urban India compared to rural India: Study

Unemployment rate higher in urban India compared…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) The unemployment rate in urban India is more than that in the rural India and the current gap between the two rates has widened…

Tobacco industry loosing Rs 350 cr/day due to shut down over graphic warning: Assocham

Tobacco industry loosing Rs 350 cr/day due…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) In a big setback, the country’s…

WB Govt gives last chance to dealers to furnish correct PAN info online

WB Govt gives last chance to dealers…

Kolkata, Apr 13 (KNN) The Directorate General of Commercial Taxes of West Bengal decided to give last opportunity to the registered dealers to furnish the…

FISME hails Rajasthan Land Title Act;  calls it a major step towards Ease of Doing Business

FISME hails Rajasthan Land Title Act; calls…

Jaipur, Apr 13 (KNN) With the passage of Rajasthan Urban Land (Certification of Titles) Bill, 2016, Rajasthan becomes the first in the country to stand…

Govt launches “Deep” e-bidding & e-reverse auction portal for procurement of short term power by discoms

Govt launches “Deep” e-bidding & e-reverse auction…

New Delhi, Apr 12 (KNN) To ensure transparency in procurement procedure by Discoms, Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and  New &…

FTAPPCI to organise seminar for MSMEs to promote trade with Egypt

FTAPPCI to organise seminar for MSMEs to…

Hyderabad, Apr 12 (KNN) In order to improve the trade relations with Egypt, the Federation of Telengana and Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry…

E-commerce means buying, selling of goods & services including digital products: DGFT

E-commerce means buying, selling of goods &…

New Delhi, Apr 12 (KNN) The Commerce Ministry has introduced the definition of e-commerce for the purpose of MEIS under Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 in…

CITU criticises draft rules on Contract Labour; seeks Rs 18K min wage

CITU criticises draft rules on Contract Labour;…

New Delhi, Apr 12 (KNN) Central Indian Trade Union (CITU) has criticised the draft Contract Labour Rules, which proposes a minimum wage of Rs 10,000 for…